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SCOTUS HEARS CRIES OF MOOTNESS IN NYSR&P CASE! UNDETERRED, TRUTH TRAIN STILL BARRELS DOWN TRACKS! by Theresa Inacker, CNJFO Communications Director 12-02-19 www.cnjfo.com/join-us Keep Calm and Litigate On! The day for oral arguments finally arrived, as attorneys appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Washington, D.C. to argue disputed matters in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. New York City. At the heart of the matter, it is a challenge to New York City’s firearm transport ban. Both sides—Pro-Second Amendment folks and anti-rights groups like Big Daddy Bloomberg-funded Everytown, Moms Demand and the Brady folks alike, anxiously awaited a long-overdue conversation on the substance of the Second Amendment’s application outside the home. Disappointing to some, the Court focused on the issue of mootness more than the merits of the Second Amendment’s application outside the home. The issue of mootness seems so academic and theoretical: Well, it is exactly that. Unlike a right to Keep and Bear arms which is tangible and substantive, mootness isn’t very interesting. You may be asking what is mootness? A case is moot “when the issues presented are no longer alive or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome of the lawsuit.” See www.FedBar.Org March/April 2008. Not very exciting, but extremely critical to American jurisprudence. Left-leaning media are enthusiastically pushing their articles about how the Court does not seem interested in expanding Second Amendment rights after today’s arguments. They think they’ve found an off-ramp for this 2A train barreling down the tracks. I tell them, do not count your chickens before they’ve hatched. If this train car doesn’t get heard on the merits, the Cheeseman case will, or another thereafter. My pro-Second Amendment folks: do not lose heart. No one knows how the Court will rule. No one knows why a Justice asks a question or remains silent during oral argument. Justice Clarence Thomas asked his first question in three years back in March of 2019 ---that was after ten years of not asking any questions, from 2006 to 2016. I suggest not judging a Justice by his/her questions. Keep calm and litigate on! EDITOR's NOTE: Theresa Inacker is a lawyer who loves Constitutional law and studied how SCOTUS operates. A former Managing Editor of the Seton Hall Law School Constitutional Law Journal, Inacker was admitted to the Supreme Court Bar earlier this year. While some news sources provide a slanted pro-gun or anti-gun Pablum, we at CNJFO strive to give you, our readers, expert ANALYSIS while others chime-in with half-truths, innuendo, and supposition. SCOTUS will release their opinion on mootness prior to hearing the actual case---IF that is to be our destiny. Stay tuned, and as more SCOTUS news breaks, we'll give Inacker her much-deserved "ink". ---The Editors

You can talk about 2A or you can BE about 2A...and we have plenty of room for talented volunteers to help make a difference! Rosey

@Mrs. Peel this should fit the bill...And now a word from our attorney on staff at CNJFO... SCOTUS HEARS CRIES OF MOOTNESS IN NYSR&P CASE! UNDETERRED, TRUTH TRAIN STILL BARRELS DOWN TRACKS! by Theresa Inacker, CNJFO Communications Director 12-02-19 www.cnjfo.com/join-us Keep Calm and Litigate On! The day for oral arguments finally arrived, as attorneys appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Washington, D.C. to argue disputed matters in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. New York City. At the heart of the matter, it is a challenge to New York City’s firearm transport ban. Both sides—Pro-Second Amendment folks and anti-rights groups like Big Daddy Bloomberg-funded Everytown, Moms Demand and the Brady folks alike, anxiously awaited a long-overdue conversation on the substance of the Second Amendment’s application outside the home. Disappointing to some, the Court focused on the issue of mootness more than the merits of the Second Amendment’s application outside the home. The issue of mootness seems so academic and theoretical: Well, it is exactly that. Unlike a right to Keep and Bear arms which is tangible and substantive, mootness isn’t very interesting. You may be asking what is mootness? A case is moot “when the issues presented are no longer alive or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome of the lawsuit.” See www.FedBar.Org March/April 2008. Not very exciting, but extremely critical to American jurisprudence. Left-leaning media are enthusiastically pushing their articles about how the Court does not seem interested in expanding Second Amendment rights after today’s arguments. They think they’ve found an off-ramp for this 2A train barreling down the tracks. I tell them, do not count your chickens before they’ve hatched. If this train car doesn’t get heard on the merits, the Cheeseman case will, or another thereafter. My pro-Second Amendment folks: do not lose heart. No one knows how the Court will rule. No one knows why a Justice asks a question or remains silent during oral argument. Justice Clarence Thomas asked his first question in three years back in March of 2019 ---that was after ten years of not asking any questions, from 2006 to 2016. I suggest not judging a Justice by his/her questions. Keep calm and litigate on! EDITOR's NOTE: Theresa Inacker is a lawyer who loves Constitutional law and studied how SCOTUS operates. A former Managing Editor of the Seton Hall Law School Constitutional Law Journal, Inacker was admitted to the Supreme Court Bar earlier this year. While some news sources provide a slanted pro-gun or anti-gun Pablum, we at CNJFO strive to give you, our readers, expert ANALYSIS while others chime-in with half-truths, innuendo, and supposition. SCOTUS will release their opinion on mootness prior to hearing the actual case---IF that is to be our destiny. Stay tuned, and as more SCOTUS news breaks, we'll give Inacker her much-deserved "ink". ---The Editors

A live Turkey Shoot where just the heads of the fowl are exposed to gunfire? Or a paper Turkey Shoot where you pay $2 per square on a sheet of office paper w/ 36 squares on it, with each square having an "X" thru it and the closest pellet to the center (out of the 36 "X"'s) of each sheet shot with birdshot is the winner? I've run dozens of paper Turkey Shoots in my lifetime, mostly for our local Boy Scout Troop. Rosey

Sunday January 26th is the Hunt. I'll be in the area on Saturday the 25th for frolicking at the winery tasting & the historical restaurant before hittin' the sack at a B&B in Mount joy, PA (about 15 min. from the boat ramp). Rooms are still available & the breakfast can't be beat! Wear yer sidearm at the dinning room table!

Going to Daughter in-laws' Grandmother's house in Kinnelon. A tradition since since the kids were dating in college. Tonight is the 5th Anniversary of the Engagement Proposal (they're married 3 years this last October) that took place at Grandma's T-Day Dinner. Granny is 80+ , has a 3-4 BR bi-level complete w/ wood-burnin' fireplace (which she still uses) and accepts kitchen help as long as things ARE DONE HER WAY & SHE'S IN TOTAL CONTROL My NRA Life Member & Muzzleloading Expert Son, now 30, carves the gloriously-basted Bird. Been his "job" for years now. 3 years ago Granny nosed-around once too often as he was carvin' the Bird, so he defensively claimed, "I'M WORKIN' HERE"! Probably just a lil' nervous since he was gonna "pop the question" at dessert! All was forgiven when the "the rock" came out of hiding So every Thanksgiving we all gather'-round the kitchen (where the apps are served) and exclaim, "I'M WORKIN' HERE!" I was a professional Photog & did weddings & portraits (now retired & doing private teaching, when asked). Theirs was the last Engagement Session I did. Here's a pic of their session done at the Horse Farm she rides at & a pic of an Easter ham he cooked at our place. I sent him to "summer cooking school" for 2 consecutive summers when I had my studio (years ago), as the 4-Star upscale restaurant gave classes, which I bartered for commercial photography for the owners' website. Besides the Bird, stuffing, my wife's famous string bean casserole (she makes it every year---it's automatic at this point), mashing taters, yams, and home made gravy & rolls, there's too many desserts to mention! Diabetic Coma for us all! Adult beverages & of course fresh ground coffee! May you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving & remember both commercial ranges & private gun clubs are OPEN TOMORROW! In fact Old Bridge's Shotgun League is doing a 50 bird Sporting Clays for $20 American (and the PUBLIC IS INVITED!), SO GET YOUR FAMILY & GUESTS OUT TO SHOOT! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! Rosey P.S.: Thanks @Mrs. Peel for this wonderful thread!

You havin' tofu on Thanksgiving? YUK! Annnnnnnnnnnd another spot sold, so we're half sold-out

Annnnd another spot SOLD, so that brings us to 16 spots left out of 30 @Zeke Ketchup or mustard? Gibersons' already has donuts & coffee for dessert...

@Zeke I can smell that porkroll on the fryin' pan right now...so ya registered yet? Only 17 spots left...and still haven't shared it to 50+ Facebook pages!

BUMP! Started this morning with 30 spots. Sold 12 already, so down to 18 left for an event that's over 3 full months away! And I haven't even shared the sign-up page on Facebook yet, lol! ~R

@Zeke Since @W2MC is bringin' the Pork Roll, and since Gibersons' has a full kitchen for their Tower Shoots, if you actually buy a ticket & hunt with us, I'll cook you a Pork Roll sammich, provided ya bring yer own hard roll, lol! The BALL is in YOUR Court, lol!

CNJFO PHEASANT HUNT LEAP YR. SATURDAY 2-29-20! COME HUNT WITH DC PROJECT'S THERESA INACKER! by Black Wire Media Saturday Nov. 23, 2019 www.cnjfo.com/join-us CNJFO invites the PUBLIC to join The DC Project's NJ Ambassador Theresa Inacker, and other 2A supporters on Saturday February 29th for a half day of pheasant hunting at Giberson's Farms in Pemberton Twp., NJ. Inacker, CNJFO's Communications Director, will give a brief presentation on grass roots 2A activism and what The DC Project is all about. The Hunt package includes donuts & coffee, Hog Hunt Pork Roast & Hot Dog lunch, soft drinks, use of all Giberson's facilities during the hunt, a guide and a hunting dog assigned to each hunting party. Each 5 person hunting party will hunt a field stocked with (5) pheasant per hunter; harvest is split among ALL hunters. Please choose either the 8:00 AM or 12:00 PM session when registering. This Hunt is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! CNJFO membership not required. We'll have all (3) fields for both morning & afternoon Hunts. To REGISTER go to: www.cnjfo.com/event-3642184 . Valid NJ hunting license is required, a pheasant stamp is not. Single day licenses sold on site to hunters with an expired license OR a NJF&W Hunter Education Safety Card. Apprentice licenses accepted (sold at NJF&W License Agents) & we'll mentor Newbies. Teens can hunt with us, parent must be present! So come enjoy the camaraderie of some #2AHeavyLifters as we harvest pheasants & build our War Chest to FIGHT BAD GUN LAW! For more info on the work the amazing ladies from The DC Project do and how the group fights to restore gun rights for all Americans, go to: www.dcproject.info . WE'RE 1/3 OF THE WAY SOLD-OUT SINCE WE POSTED THIS ARTICLE THIS MORNING! DON'T WAIT TOO LONG TO DECIDE TO GO!

^^ALL OUT & then some! In fact, I'm livin' on BORROWED f*cks! @USRifle30Cal

Alinsky tactics do work. Up until the point you suicide yourself after you poison all of your children... Now if we could just get the Hobbyists, the Fudds, the Collectors, the Competition Shooters, the hand Gunners, the Riflemen, the Scattergunners all on the same page?? Why are we so consumed with pork roll vs. Taylor ham around here? Or nit-picking over FOPA vs. intrastate firearms transportation interpretations? Or never studying the exceptions & exemptions allowing us serfs to even have firearms? Or worried about GUN stickers on our vehicles? It's as if we wake up every day a little more stupid, a little more ignorant, a little more willing to be the very sheeple we write & complain about.... "I use a fake screen name so The MAN can't find me"....until the MAN threatens Maks or his family (it's SARCASM Buckwheat)! 3% did it back in 1775. Stop worrying about pork roll & study history. Are YOU going to bad mouth 2A organizations or renew your membership? I don't even care which one. Join them ALL! Are you going to take the time to get informed or are you the ignorant problem child that has great ideas but ZERO follow-thru "cause I paid my dues so they should #DoSomething !"? Well guess what, you're ALL the people that need to be the ones #DoingSomething ...BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! https://www.cnjfo.com @USRifle30Cal

CNJFO HOG HUNT SUNDAY JAN. 26TH! SAVE THE DATE! A PORKTASTIC GOOD TIME W/ 2A PATRIOTS & FRIENDS! by Black Wire Media Wed. Nov. 13, 2019 www.cnjfo.com/join-us The Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners is proud to announce we've scheduled our first Hog Hunt of the new season for Sunday January 26th. So mark your calendars and watch for our event page & sign-up on our website (coming SOON!). The guided Hunt is ideal for beginners & anyone looking for a challenge since this is a "NO license, ANY weapon" affair held on a 150 acre island in the middle of the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, PA. Raffles, swag, lunch included. Stay Saturday night & party with us (Dutch Treat) OR come Sunday. A great way to fill the freezer & support NJ's busiest 2A group! Hunt includes hot lunch served on the island, field dressed hog, goody bag w/ swag items, raffles for great prizes (BRING CASH ON ISLAND) & all the memories you can take home! We recommend V. Roche & Son Butchers in Whitehouse Station, NJ. A CNJFO sponsor, they have a renowned reputation for excellent service! Register HERE: https://www.cnjfo.com/event-3629844

I saw Nappen on Sunday. If he wanted publicity all he had to do was talk to me. I was 5-15 feet away from him for several hours... ~R

Yes, the spouse without papers has to go get P2P's for every hand gun as well as a NJFPID for long guns and YES such a hand gun transfer qualifies for an OGAM exemption as if you were inheriting an estate. Generally all tangible property is assigned a dollar value at divorce. So whomever owns the guns and still wants to own them would have to pay approx. 50% of the guns net asset value. If you don't want that pretty pink stocked .308 or the pretty turquoise Glock you gave your partner, you could sell those, give the partner half the proceeds and use the other half of the money to buy-back the rest of your collection YOU ALREADY OWN

I bring this type of transfer up quite often as I lecture. It's interesting to note that you can't take possession of a hand gun w/o papers unless it's willed to you. But if the party that named you in the will is still ALIVE, the act of the identical transfer is a FELONY to BOTH PARTIES! Further, married couples can't "borrow" each others' hand guns to go to the range to practice, even though this personal property would be evenly split in a divorce situation and/or all go to the surviving spouse in the event of a partners' death. ASININE gun laws! ~R

@USRifle30Cal He (THEY!) are geniuses! Some are more worried about collecting, fudding, hunting, NFA toyz they can't buy, and pork roll vs. Taylor ham ego trips than they are concerned with "INCREMENTALISM"....

Check out the Dillon catalog. That's where I got my very comfortable Mitch Rosen Kant-Forward OWB holster I wore all weekend when we worked together at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival. That Officer's .45 ACP just molded right to my strong side ~R

Not that I'm aware of as of last Friday. This of course could change at a moment's notice. I was originally led to believe he WAS since that's the basis of his original Facebook post... I will say that I wrote the original story and then asked Mr. Harkin to proofread it for errors, which he did. On the 25th it was GTG. Subsequently, the timeline was corrected. I didn't alter the original story because I have to maintain integrity. I reported what was said to me, and the subject of the story proofread it for errors.

Doug, Just hit me up on a PM for a phone call so I can explain what's going on. I can't publish EVERYTHING Here's a tidbit: The Marine's family lawyer was sent an email on 10-22-19 stating that the Sgt. on scene during the search & seizure in February was set to testify on Nov. 15th, IN ADDITION TO an Expert witness on the identification of the (2) 30-round mags. So a chain of evidence testimony along with an Expert saying the mags are illegal... So what's to stop the Bergen Co. Prosecutor from stopping the proceeding right then & there and placing Mike under arrest for the mags? Why email a witness list to a defense attorney if everything was hunky-dory? His initial arrest was for alleged DV back in February. That's when he didn't comply with the search. That's when the mags were found in the footlocker. That's the error in the timeline in the original story that the Marine didn't tell me about. The TRO was dropped when 50% custody was awarded to his Ex-Wife. The 8 year old is a heart transplant survivor. I interviewed Harkin for almost an hour. He read the story & approved it. Harkin went public the day after his family attorney got the email about the witness list. That was 10-23. I interviewed him 2 full days later on the 25th. Waldwick is in "Damage Control" mode. Harkin is very upset & nervous, and although he mixed-up the timeline during the interview a little bit (he was arrested in February, not September), he's still a victim of NJ's gun laws. They still have his shotgun. And he's still going thru the NJ meat grinder. I can only publish what was told to me. If I was the Asbury Park Press I could have slanted the entire story, called the mags acc's for an Assault Weapon, and gotten more than 50% of the story wrong

DICK HELLER TO VISIT CNJFO MEMBERS AT RALLY! LOOK FOR OUR BANNERS ON THE CAPITOL LAWN! by Black Wire Media Thurs. Oct 31, 2019 www.cnjfo.com/join-us Dick Heller messaged The DC Project's NJ delegate & CNJFO Communications Director Theresa Inacker yesterday to coordinate a brief "thank-you" to our Patriot / Volunteers for their 2A activism! The Saturday November 2nd 2A Rally, the biggest in a decade, is on the lawn of the Capitol building and due to start at 12:30pm. Gun owners from the entire countryside are flying-in, taking trains & buses or driving to Washington, D.C. 2A notables from NJ include Anthony Colandro and others. For Rally info on speakers, parking & transportation go to: www.2ndamendmentrally.com NJGF members that wish to help hold our banners just might get a personal thank-you from Dick Heller! See Theresa Inacker at the Rally to learn more

Your question has already been answered by very knowledgeable folks, so I'll just add the short answer I give folks when asked this question: You can either BANG or BONG, but NOT both!

Yes, please do that & see what they say! Then tell me here! Maybe we should post their contact info as a follow-up so folks all over the country can burn-up their comms pathways!? ~R